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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />SEPTEMBER 20, 2016 <br />TITLE: <br />AGREEMENT AMENDMENT WITH IDEXX <br />LABORATORIES, INC. FOR VETERINARY <br />LABORATORY SERVICES AT THE SANTA <br />ANA ZOO <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 2,2E) <br />CITY MANAGE <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1 s' Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FIDE NUMBER <br />Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute an amendment to the agreement <br />with IDEXX Laboratory, Inc. to provide laboratory services at the Santa Ana Zoo by increasing <br />the compensation limit by $10,000 to an amount not -to- exceed $35,000 through the remaining <br />term of the agreement, which is from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2017, subject to non - substantive <br />changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park is required by the United States Department of Agriculture <br />and the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) to provide veterinary care for the collection of <br />animals maintained at the Zoo. As part of the preventative and curative medical care program <br />there is a need to utilize the services of a diagnostic reference laboratory. Common tests <br />performed by reference laboratories are screens for internal parasites, blood work analysis, PCR <br />testing, and histopathology. Diagnostic reference laboratories have been utilized by the Santa <br />Ana Zoo since the 1980s. Over time the ability to provide better care and the cost of services in <br />the reference laboratory sector have increased. IDEXX Laboratory, Inc. has proven they are a <br />reliable and accurate reference laboratory, and have served the needs of the Zoo. <br />STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT <br />Approval of this item allows the City to meet Goal #2 Youth, Education, Recreation, Objective #2 <br />(Expand youth programming), Strategy E (Partner with outside agencies and secure funding to <br />rehabilitate zoo exhibits and expand the Santa Ana Zoo). <br />2513-1 <br />